Sergei Prokofiev - Decadent Formalism

2. Sergei Prokofiev - Decadent Formalism

Along with Shostakovich, Prokofiev was attacked by the Russian establishment for what they called 'decadent formalism', which basically meant anything that was influenced in any way by Western composition. As a result, he was forced to compose a series of state-approved works in the late '30s.